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Friday, December 23, 2011

I am so excited to say that I made the Little Yellow Bicycle "Paradise" Cycling Team. I cannot wait to create with their new Winter CHA "Paradise" collection in January. See the announcement and who else made the team on the Little Yellow Bicycle blog.

I'd also like to show you some of my December Daily mini album. This is the first year I participated and it won't be the last. I created it with my Birds of a Feather December kit, which included the album and lots of Fancy Pants & Lily Bee papers and embellies.

Note: the pages do not have dates, photos or all of the embellies on them. I have taken lots of photos each day so I decided my post-Christmas task will be to go through them all and add them to the album after Christmas, adding additional pages as necessary.

Cover - I painted it red and misted over it with Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold mist. Once dry, I heat embossed with CTMH Olive Green embossing powder. I put it on heavy because I wanted it looking distressed (aka lumpy). I outlined the numbers with a black sharpie.

The Insides - I kept the photos small since there's so many. Click to enlarge.

There's always a to-do list for the holiday season...

I'm planning to put a photo where the banner is missing in the photo below.

I misted over a transparency in the photos above and below

Used my Imaginisce i-top 2.0 and small brad daddies to create this Christmas tree on the tag

A pocket and mini pages...

I was going for presents under the tree here

A little envelope...

Mini pages and a giant tag

The stockings were hung...

The tag above is made from filter flowers that I ripped apart and adhered to glue on the back of a rolodex card.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

OMG, I just realized I haven't yet posted one of my favorite new layouts yet so I am sharing it with you today. I remember that I was holding it back because I had found these adorable little owl hats and had to get one for my girls and one for my friend, Audrey's, newest addition and I would have probably slipped up and mentioned it.

Both of my girls immediately put their hats on as soon as they arrived so of course I snapped a few shots. WHOO could not resist this adorable little owl (and the hat too)???

I just love these Wood Shop alphas by Pink Paislee. It's thought about leaving them raw but they weren't showing very well on the background paper so I misted them pink to match the hat and then unscrewed the tops off the blue and green misting bottles lightly touched them to the wood and watched the ink spread in the grain. The alphas don't come with a question mark so I turned it into a statement and made a kind-of exclamation point out of the hearts. It was an experiment but I'm happy with how they turned out.

I also wanted to use this green circle frame but it's so big that one pattern paper just looked odd and it looked worse to leave it empty so I punched a bunch of strips of paper, layered them and then adhered the green scallop circle over it. I added a sentiment, flower and butterfly to top it off!

Thanks for stopping by today. If you love the Note to Self kit as much as I do, run over to Scrapbook Circle while you can still get one!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

I wanted to show you a few little treat bags that are super quick and easy to make and can really dress-up a little token of appreciation you may be giving. We made a few for my daughter to pass out to the people she interacts a lot with at school (nurse who helps her with her medicine, registrar who has taken her under her wing, etc). She also wanted to give them to her teachers so we added one to each of the gifts we had bought for them.

The cool thing is that Imaginisce and Clear Snaps teamed up and did a little product swap so I got to play with several of their products and the Imaginisce Santa's Little Helper line.
This first treat bag uses the Clear Snaps Smooch Spritz in Ice Rink and Ginger Ale. I also used their Design Adhesives, which has double sided patterns that you can apply glitter, embossing powder, etc. to. I used the Winter Frost glitter. Why is glitter so hard to photograph?

For this next project I made a little wrap to go around a Blockbuster gift card and microwaveable popcorn. We gave these to our mailman, my daughter's bus driver, our pest control guy, etc. I used Santa's Little Helper again and then added some bling to it using the Glue Gloss - adhesive on a stick - glitter and the Sparkle Fibers.

I glittered the snowman, birdie hat and peppermints. I added Sparkle Fibers to the ginger bread house in an attempt to make it look like icicles as well as the garland on the trees to go for the tinsel effect.

Thanks for stopping by today. Make sure to hop over to the Imaginisce and Clear Snaps blogs and participate in the blog hop for a chance to win some goodies for yourself.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

I originally decided that the word "Optimistic" would be my One Little Word for my oldest daughter in 2012 because we are finally getting answers to things we've been speculating about for years. The hubby and I are optimistic that we now have direction and can do things to make life easier for her and us. I'm sure I'll share more about that here on my blog eventually.

Anywho, the current challenge over at Scrapbook Circle is to create a project about your 2012 goals - be it Project Life, a resolution, your One Little Word, etc. I created this layout for my One Little Word.

The I Love My Life tab at the top is actually a hidden journaling card that pulls out to reveal my private journaling.

I used bright yellow Thickers for the alphas and used a paint dabber to match them to the mustard yellow in the paper. I added stitching, paint and kept the embellishments to a minimum on purpose.

I just love the typewriter paper so I fussy cut one out and used it as an embellishment since it tied in so well to the documenting goals. Of course, I just realized I wrote her birth year below instead of this year. Whoops, off to fix that.

Don't you just love all the goodies included in this month's kit? Some of it is sold out in stores so head over to Scrapbook Circle and get one for yourself for Christmas!
I have since decided that Optimistic won't just be my word for Rheagan; it will be my OLW in general for so many reasons. Make sure to share your projects with us on the Scrapbook Circle Facebook page by December 28, 2011 for a chance to win the limited edition the Jingle All the Way kit.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

We don't see much snow down here in the houston suburbs so we have to improvise. These photos were taken years ago when my oldest daughter was just 3 (she's 8 now). Our neighborhood has an annual Chirstmas party and the kids just love that snow is brought in. It's really chipped ice but no one cares. We had a great time making tiny snowmen and throwing snowballs aka ice-balls.

It's super cold here now so I am hoping there's a chance for a bit of snow this year. fingers crossed!

I did a lot of distressing on this layout and tucked in coordinating paper here and there in the exposed areas. I couldn't resist adding the heart shaped "i love snow" ephemera at the top. I also misted the wood elements with white mist and added a little paper for added touch.

A quick shot of my journaling spot and layered elements...

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you are staying nice and warm on what appears to be shaping up as a cold winter.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

I have two completely different reveals for you today, which comes with two chances to win some yummy scrappy stuff.

First, my silly little girl loves to get all glammed up in her twirl dresses...yes, the amount of twirl is what she measures her clothes by. Anyway, she was dolled up in her headband-wearing-leopard outfit and I should have known something was up because she was quiet. She called me over to her to show me her "art", proud of it and all. She didn't write on her clothes, walls or carpet so I embraced it and snapped pics of course. This isn't the first time she's created masterpieces on herself and I know it won't be the last!

I cut the paper using my new Cricut Imagine and the Winter Frolic cartridge. The candy cane and tree measure about 6.5" inches tall and the stocking and ornament are about 5.5". To make these I simply cut two of each design, stitched them together leaving an opening to intert the candies and then completed the stitching. They are all funky lumpy because they are packed with as much candy as I could fit. I then adorned them with a bit of bling and trim. Leave a comment on the Imaginisce blog for a chance to win an i-rock sampler pack!

Monday, December 5, 2011

We are celebrating Christmas over on the Imaginisce blog this week. Today we are featuring Christmas cards. I just love seeing all the DIY holiday wreaths for the front doors and walls, specifically the paper cone wreaths. I decided to scale that idea down and use it on a card. Here is the end result:

Here's a closer look at the wreath. See that twine? I made it so that the wreath can be detached from the card and hung on a tree as an ornament!

Edited to add: here's how I made it detachable: I cut a large circle for the back of the ornament, adhered it to the back and slid a bobby pen behind the circle and through a little paper loop I added to the card.

Thanks for stopping by today. Make sure to head over to the Imaginisce blog to see more card inspiration and to enter to win the i-rock sampler giveaway!

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